Photo credit: Chait Goli by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies District of Columbia (D.C.) Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton said that she hears daily from D.C. residents...
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Reducing the ‘roar’ of aviation noise: better, but not enough
Photo credit: Oleksandr P by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In this Airways Magazine article, author Fabrizio Spicuglia informs us that aircraft noise has been reduced...
Flights contribute to noisiest cities in America rankings
Photo credit: Chait Goli by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Ranking first on any list usually leads to boasting. Even making the "top ten" in a list brings joy, but I...
Road noise reduction solutions coming out of Europe
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies This article from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency is focused on projects...
Music in the LA Metro could be harming employees
Photo credit: Kaique Rocha by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As a researcher on the adverse effects of elevated train noise on children’s learning, I tend to pay...
Colorado bill seeks to reduce impacts from aviation
Photo credit: Stas Knop by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies To the many groups across the country combating the impacts of aircraft noise and pollution, the title...
Aircraft noise disturbs Arizona residents
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies We have directed our readers to a large number of studies that link aircraft noise to adverse health impacts....
Aviation industry opposes FAA noise rule
Photo credit: Lennard Schubert by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Quiet Coalition blog readers, and those who are members of anti-aircraft noise groups will likely be...
Fatigue, Aggravation and Anger: the state of aircraft noise
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies When I wrote the article “Aircraft Noise: The Ailment and the Treatment” in 2001, I suggested that residents who...